From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from chamber.cco.caltech.edu (chamber.cco.caltech.edu [131.215.48.55]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BFB2005166 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 03:22:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from there (PPP-36-30.caltech.edu [131.215.36.30]) by chamber.cco.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA21308 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:18:44 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200203140918.BAA21308@chamber.cco.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" From: George Shapovalov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo for ..... GRANDMA???? Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:24:03 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 2fb3dbb5-4b58-400e-9f8a-cbedc769694f X-Archives-Hash: d4c90c93a143b323942e6842efa61e28 Letting her go as a root is a bad idea IMNSHO. Better use in inittab something like:=20 su -c "/bin/bash -i" grandma :-).=20 (and of course ~/.bashrc should call startx with .xinitrc setup properly.= ) Well, anyway, please disregard, we had way too much talk on this already = :-). George On Wednesday 13 March 2002 18:04, you wrote: > >>hmm > >>but GRANDMA is being set in front of a complete ready-to-use-system, = and > >>doesnt have to install new ebuilds. i dont even think that they want = to > >>give > >>GRANDMA the root password > > Hell, why bother even allowing it to login. Kill the getty's and dump > strait to a root bash :) This can be easily (fairly) done by changing > inittab. Just delete the last 5 line that spawn agetty's (Mine only use= s 3 > getty's... I really don't see why you need six to begin with) and repla= ce > the first with /bin/bash. Also, change one of the scripts to startx... > hell, I'm not sure, but I think you could even have inittab respawn sta= rtx! > > >>PS: a grandma with root access will have to learn bash, so she can le= arn > >>howto >>update scripts in /etc/init.d too or not? linux always was a > >>continual > >>learning process, as well as M$ was a continual reboo.... know what i > >> mean don't ya? > > Does grandma have high speed internet? I doubt it. If so, dhcp. Otherwi= se > I'm sure a dial-up script for a modem will work. just make it linked to= a > button on the desktop.. really, it shouldn't be to hard (tedious, but n= ot > hard) to make a gentoo box easy enough for anyone. If not.. buy a mac. = LOL. > Thanks for the laughs though. Peace. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev